New fashions, avatars, structures, and other builds. And the work behind them.

Monday, February 8, 2016

Calas Galadhon's Wine Bar and Gallery

By Gemma Cleanslate

After reading Alysabelle‘s article on Glanduin, and feeling
the need for a taste of spring during these months of winter I wandered over to
the newly reopened Calas Galadhon sims to enjoy the feeling and take a horseback
ride. I heard that the Gallery has a new wine bar so stopped off there to check
it out. The building is not far from the entrance.

While there I took a tour of the artists showing their work there now and it was a delightful experience. On the first
floor Hamish Blakely is exhibiting his works. I found them absolutely lovely.
Most of the works are of dancing pairs in Argentine tango from various views.
Each seems to be so alive and moving gracefully in the dance. Hamish is a
prolific artist who has shown works in many museums and galleries. He lives in
the UK and is a contemporary realist. I sat for a while enjoying his works. I
took a look at his website to see other works he has created aside from the
dancers. They are lovely especially the Angel collection.

On the upper floor there is another
prolific artist, Paul Van Ginkel displaying his work. I say prolific because his
exhibit includes delicate flowers, portraits of flamenco dancers, and many, many
horses, from rearing colts, horses with riders to herds of horses thundering
across the rivers and plains. I spent a lot of time here too looking at each
piece. There are several portraits of Native Americans that I found very
beautiful. Paul lives in Canada and has a gallery in Calgary which is considered
the “west” of Canada. Of his work he says, “I
feel each painting is a creative expression similar to a piece of music, dance
performance or poetry. For me, the symbolic ritual of signing the painting
represents the completion of the creation, however, also the beginning of its
long journey through an unknown future.” and says he is still evolving.

Near the entrance to the Wine Bar there is also a vendor
containing some lovely tapestries from the Calas sims. Don’t miss that on the
way by. I picked up a tapestry of a Great Blue Heron. The new wine bar is
conducive